North Side chiropractor charged with possessing child porn

A North Side chiropractor was arrested Thursday and accused of having video of child pornography downloaded onto his laptop.

Neil A. Sussman was charged with two separate counts of child pornography/moving depictions by computer of a child under 13, and of a child under the age of 18, according to court documents.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office Investigations Bureau and the Cook County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted an investigation in September of 2012 searching for people who were downloading suspected child pornography, said court documents.

The investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at Sussman's home. Sussman was interviewed at his home and admitted to downloading child pornography, said prosecutors.

A forensic analysis of his laptop computer revealed several files with moving depictions of children engaging in sex acts. The moving depictions contained children under the ages of 13 and 18 involved in various sex acts, said prosecutors.

Prosecutors also said Sussman gave a verbal statement to detectives that he had searched and downloaded pornography of children of all ages.

During his bond hearing this afternoon, Sussman's attorney said his client has no criminal history and owns a chiropractic practice.

Cook County Circuit Judge Israel Desierto ordered that Sussman be held on $50,000 bail and be placed on electronic monitoring if he makes bail.